Great travel day and back to the Great White North ! Yup it's cold here for a few days, but summer is just around the corner, right?

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

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           Not too cold last night, but much cooler this morning , had a nice sunrise though. Nice early morning walkabout no wind  (bonus) and the sunrise was warming things up nicely.

snowy car, but all else is good

nice sunrise

           Secured our coach then and on the road by 8 am, stopped at the Flying J up the road topped up our propane and just headed north on I-75 very little traffic. Construction zones everywhere but no problems and the easiest part was to bypass the border crossing in Detroit (very long lineup)  took I-75 to I-96 to I-94 to towards Port Huron. 

construction zones not too bad

Detroit bypass so easy now, love it!

I-94 north to Port Huron

          Stopped at Marysville MI, to top up our gas tank then a few miles down the road to the border crossing. And no lineup! Nobody in line, love this crossing. No time to even take a picture.
         Easy and quick crossing. How long you in the USA? Any Alcohol or cigarettes? Have a good day! Gotta love it. Coulda kept our chicken, but no problem it will not go to waste. We are enjoying it still.

here we are blurry but we here

       Now the back road back to Plattsville where we will hang out for a while at our friends place that we call "Camp Awesome" just cause it is. Almost dry camping , very little electric (200 foot tiny extension cord) and no water or sewer but it is awesome here!

love Ontario's back roads

the closer we got the more snow we saw

           Arrived in Plattsville about 3:30 pm. Disconnect the car in the arena parking lot and check out camp awesome.  Looks like we can pull in there no problem.

Plattsville Main Street

heading to our spot

this is it we are and all set up for a bit

soon (we hope) the snow will be gone

          So now we here and sunshine this afternoon, a bonus as well. Relax a bit then  whip up supper. Leftover chicken tonight.  My easy version of Chicken Cacciatore with rice for the recipe click here or my recipe blog on the top right side bar.

tasty ? Yep

Then a sunset for us, but getting cooler
time to call it a night

        We had a good day and hope you did too. Had to get back to Ontario today as our out of province insurance was due for renewal tomorrow. And to save  a few hundred dollars, we will deal with this weather and visit family etc....
        Thanks again for stopping by and hope you had a wonderful day too !

the final leg 315  miles

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Colder, and overcast, but we still had a very relaxing day, like we always do here.

Where are we today ?

Lakewood Village Resort Wapakoneta OH.

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           Another good sleep perfect temps until this morning then slowly dropped to about 35f and no sunshine for the rest of the day.
           First thing I did after coffees was throw the rest of our chicken in the slow cooker on low. Apparently raw chicken is not allowed into Canada at this time so rather than take the chance of losing it just cooked it all up, cooked chicken is allowed. Can always used cooked chicken, broth and bones for soup etc, etc..
           But did get a few walkabouts done and one last trip to the store for a couple last minute items.
           After lunch got one load of laundry done, (good for a while now) topped up our fresh water tank, dumped sewer and check out tires and oil. 
          Love driving around Wapakoneta some very nice old  buildings in the downtown area that are still in use.

and the Wapa water tower

         Newer part of town they have a Drive Thru Beer cave. kinda cool!

drive thru beer cave

          Then after a light lunch, down to the pool and spa. Just cause I could, so cold and damp outside was chilled to the bone. This sure brought my body temp back up, even a nice long hot shower, yep its nice here, wish we could stay longer but gotta do what we gotta do.

wonderful creek running through the park 

love the view of the pool
 from  the hot tub

        My antique crock pot still does the trick after  10 years in the restaurant from 1989 to 1999. Still works like new, does not look new but that's ok.

so tasty and tender, fall off the bone
have plans for lotsa leftovers too.

          We are smelling this chicken cooking in our slow cooker all day, smells wonderful. So time to eat, whip up a fresh salad, the rest of our asparagus and add the chicken. Was very tasty, fall off the bone as expected. Then package up the rest for future meals.
       That's it for a wonderful relaxing day, blog posted and watch a show for a bit on the tube. Then on the road in the morning. Should be a good travel day we hope.Weather forecast not too bad at the moment.
       Ready for the last leg of our journey back to Ontario in the morning.
       Glad that you stopped by and hope your day was once again as great as ours.

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A very nice short travel day, warmer, no wind and sunshine. love it !

Where are we today ?

Lakewood Village Wapakoneta OH

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        Was a cold night last night and we had some snow but the major wind eventually died down, after it rocked us to sleep. We did have a wonderful sunset last night though so that will be my first picture of the day.

even in a Flying J we get amazing sunsets

a bit of snow here

hmm thats me shadow looking at the snow,
what the heck !

Time to get outta here

       Morning walkabouts the Flying J after coffees and computing taking our time no rush but hit the road about 9 am. Great travel day east on I-70 then north on I-75, very little traffic even on I-75 arrived in Wapakoneta shortly after 11 am. And no winds today, huge bonus!

nice quiet roads this morning

cool water tower, kinda blurry though

          Set up on our site (they have winter water here, nice). Temps in the mid 50'f and sunny. But a cool west breeze. We plan on staying here 2 nights, just cause we can and only $10. a night for us with FHU's. nice pool and spa too will indulge in tomorrow probably.

nice and sunny here

        After lunch I whipped into town for a few supplies then back home to adjust our problem rear compartment. It was not locking shut easy fix so all is good.  Few walkabouts the resort enjoying the sunshine. Read a bit then whip up supper.

office and pool area

love the pool gonna get there tomorrow I hope

a great family resort, would be very
busy in the summer

         Tonight a tasty pork tenderloin baked in the oven,(only here for 2 nights, windy and cooler so no need to set up our Weber Q, as much as I would like to), a fresh salad as usual and some tasty asparagus, (with olive oil, sea salt a fresh ground pepper) nuked in the microwave about a minute , tasty and still crunchy. Just the way we like it !

worked out pretty good in the oven,'but would be
much  better on our Weber Q

         Supper was awesome and more leftovers that we will make good use of. Now to relax a bit more enjoy the evening together. Does life get much better? Think not!

119 miles today

         Glad that y'all stopped by again, al is going well here and just taking it easy the way we like. Watching the weather to see how it goes.

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On the road this morning with a wonderful travel day.

Where are we today ?

Walmart Collinsville Illinois
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         Cooler last night and no more Tornado warnings is a good thing! Up early then a nice walkabout the resort enjoying the sunrise.

nice flowers and I won't name them, cause I will be wrong
for sure

         Then secure our coach to travel, we pulled out at 8:15 am taking a few back roads to I-44 heading east missing the toll roads. Mostly a sunny day and some winds (25 mph) but not too bad, mostly, almost tailwinds.

nice back roads for the first hour

           Then on I-44 for the rest of the day. Our Sirius satellite radio is sure nice for these days, we just boogy along, dancing, singing and tapping our feet with the tunes from the 60's. Sufficient rest areas so we could get out and stretch, about every 90 minutes =perfect.

first neat water tower

          Then the Missouri Rest area love these! On Route 66...

       Back on the road enjoying the great weather and scenery, We never tire of our travels.

Is this a water tower  or full of Bourbon?

            Through St.Louis friday at 3 pm really no traffic at all we were surprised. Saw the Arch again but really no desire to stop. Crowds, people, traffic, city, really not our style.

      Here we are set up at Walmart, 

             Through St Louis, fuel up at the Flying J Rv lanes,  no problem and arrived at the Walmart 3:30 pm. Time to walkabout Walmart pick up a few things, make sure we can park here for the night and all is good.           Read and compute for a while then whip up supper.
           Tonight a chicken pot pie and a salad, easy tasty meal on the road. For the recipe you can click HERE or my recipe blog top right sidebar. Love our propane oven ! No electricity needed.

so easy and so tasty

sure hit the spot

         Now we can relax a bit more , watch a movie maybe and call it a night, our Travels are going great as usual.

336 miles today

      Glad that y'all stopped by again to check us out all is wonderful here as usual, Hope you as good or better.

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